[multipathtcp] q about draft-paasch-mptcp-application-authentication-00

Yoshifumi Nishida <nishida@sfc.wide.ad.jp> Tue, 07 June 2016 15:04 UTC

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Subject: [multipathtcp] q about draft-paasch-mptcp-application-authentication-00
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Hello,
I might need a bit more time to think about this, but I currently have a
few questions on the draft.

1: I am wondering if this is an asymmetric scheme. I mean, if it can be
possible to use a token with G flag on one side, while a key without G flag
is used on the other side. It seems to me that the draft is a bit unclear
on this point, but I am guessing this might be typical for load-balancer
use case. I don't see incentive for client to use G flag in this case.

2: How we should react if G and H flags are set in a packet?

3: key-A and key-B in figure 2 might be token-A and token-B? (presume G
flag is used)

Thanks,
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Yoshi